Russia condemns Netherlands over U.S. military cooperation

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Source: Reuters

December 21, 2016

MOSCOW (Reuters), - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned the Netherlands for allowing the United States to advance deploy military hardware on its soil and said a Dutch court ruling that ordered Crimean treasures returned to Ukraine was unfriendly.

"It looks like the Dutch authorities have started to get a taste for deliberately destroying relations with Russia," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.

Zakharova said a Dutch court order that said Crimean museum treasures had to be returned to Ukraine instead of Russia was unjust and would end The Hague's ambitions to become the world's legal capital.

Russia said last week it would appeal a Dutch court ruling that said a priceless collection of gold artifacts from Crimea on loan to a Dutch museum must be returned to Ukraine.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-condemns-netherlands-over-u-military-cooperation-150746146.html

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1. Cuban Missile Crisis Part II

[Devil Child]

6. Hardly

Just Russian diplomatic bluster over NATO deployment.

[man on the moonshine]

2. You don't own Holland YET, Vlad!

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3. Putin's goons murdered hundreds of Dutch citizens on MH17.

And he's shown an abhorrent lack of remorse and accountability on the subject.

Russia can go eat a bowl of dicks.

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5. Unless they happen to like dicks, in which case: No dicks for them!!

(apologies to Codeine, from whom I stole)

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4. Trump condemning the Netherlands

over US military cooperation in 3, 2 ...

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7. Laughable but predictable response from Russia

If Netherlands allows deployment of military hardware on their soil that is their business no one else. It has been about 23 years since NATO conducted a REFORGER exercise, maybe that should change.